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'^ Rescue the perishing,''' 



Hints on 



How to Win Souls 



For Jesus. 



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CHARLES H. YATMAN. 



Copyrighted, 1885. 



Hear God's Voice. 



Go ye into all the world and preach the Gospel to every 
creature. Mark xvi: 15. 

He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, 
shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves 
with him. Psalms cxxvi: 6. 

God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, 
always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to 
every good work. II Corinthians ix : 8. 

When I say unto the wicked. wicked man, thou slialt 
surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from 
his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity: but his 
blood I will require at thine hand. Ezekiel xxxiii: 8. 

Let him that lieareth say. Come. Revelation xxii: 17. 

Fear thou not : for I am with thee ; be not dismayed : for 
I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I ^vill help thee; 
yea. I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteous- 
ness. Isaiah xli: 10. 



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INTRODUCTION. 

HUNDREDS of the young people of Ocean Grove and 
elsewhere have come to me saying: 
•* I wish I, too, could win somebody for Jesus; tell me how." 
I believe there are thousands of hearts like these, now wait- 
ing to work for oar Loi'd. Not ten-talent people, but single- 
talent folks, many of whom confess they have not even that, 
. but they are tired of Christian liie without service. They 
want to do something that will really tell for Christ and his 
Kingdom. 

They want to be Soul Winners. May God l)y his Spirit 
bless these Hints to all such, and as they enter the harvest 
fields that are wide and white and ripe, make them wise for 
their work. 

But there are thousands of others who should awake and 
come 

TO THE RESCUE. 

For this is a lost world. Christ Jesus came to save it. It was 
this business that brought Him here. Day and night He 

tnilod. woHi'v find wDrn — ITt^ went nboiit doincf o'ood. 



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His first recorded words are: '' Wist ye not that I must be 
about my Father's business? " and when he had gathered men 
and women who would tell the story, and their children after 
them till the end of time, He gave His life a ransom to- 
many, and in His death sent upward to His Father, and out- 
ward to the world a shout of triumph that should awake to 
energy and action every one who has found there is cleansing 
in the Blood. It was a voice that told of victory: '*T have 
finished the work thou gavest me to do." 

The world, to-day, is calling for men whose business it shall 
be to save souls ; men and women in dead earnest, who will 
live and work and die with no other thought than that of 
winning, drawing, compelling men to behold the Lamb of God 
which taketh away the sin of the world. 

Mothers, weeping for their wayward sons; fathers, bowed 
in secret anguish over children in the broad and open way to 
death and hell; friends, pale with fear that those whom 
they love will i-eap here and hereafter the fearful iiarvest of 
sowing to the wind; workers groaning for the hour when 
Christendom shall rise in her majestic might and strike with 
arm, nerved by God's power, the blow that will set millions 
forever free from the bondage and slavery of sin : these 
things force my pei- to write and my heart to pray that the 
merchant and manufacturer's plan and purpose, thrift and 
drive for success may be gotten into the human side of the 
work of saving men. 

Let us work as though all depended on us, and then trust 
as though all depended on God. 

C. H. Y ATM AX. 



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THE THREE GETS. 

First.— GET SALVATION. 

Poivt try to lead anybody else to the fountain opened in the 
honse of David for sin and imcleanness, till you first have 
l)een there yourself. Blind men are poor guides. Be able 
to say: '-Behold, God is my salvation, I ivill trust, and not 
be afraid : for the Lord JEHOVAH is my strength and my 
son*;; he also is become my salvation," 

Second.— GET GOD'S WORD. 

This never fails ; your word may but not His. They cannot 
return unto Him void. Tt is the sword of the Spirit, and is 
able to make men wise unto salvation ; by it they are born 
again. Pack your brain and heart full of Bible principles, 
precepts and promises. The people are hungering for this, 
the Bread of Life. They never tire hearing it. It tells of 
Jesus from Genesis to Revelation, and of Him the sinner 
longs to know. 

Third.— GET THE HOLY SPIRIT. 

For without His help and power you can do nothing; with 
Him vou can do all things. Pray much for the Holy Ghost; 
with His power you can witness for Jesus everywhere. He is 
the source of wisdom and strength ; when you need comfort, 
He will give it. He, too, gives great liberty and strengthens 
with might the inner man. He guides into all truth, and 
l>est of all. reveals the things of Christ. 



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THE CHRISTIAN'S OUTFIT. 

Reapers can't work without sickles, sowers can't sow with- 
out sacks, -ploughmen can't plough without implements; 
neither can you win souls without the Christian's ovitfit. 
Like gold diggers, you need but little, but these should be of 
the best. 

First.— YOUR LIBRARY. 

The following is a complete one in itself and should be had 
by every worker : 

1 — A good, silk-sewed, Eeference Bible. 

2 — A Bible Concoi-dance. 

3— A Bible Text Book. 

4 — A Bible Dictionary. 

5— A Bible Note Book. 

6— A Webster's Dictionary. 

7 — Arthur's Tongue of Fire. 

To these add, when you can, the writings of Spurgeon. 
Moody, Chas. Gr. Finney, and Frances Ridley fiayergal. 

Second.— YOUR ENDOWMENTS. 
For if any work needs to be doubly endowed with blessings 
and gifts, this certainly more so. The following awaits the 
call of all who humbly present themselves before the King : 
I. Clean Hands— That the Gfospel be not blamed. 
II. Pure Heart — That our prayers may be heard. 
III. Wise Head — For knowledge is power. 
TV. Quick Eye— To see golden opportunities. 



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V. Ready Ear— To liear both God and man. 
VI. Guarded Toncjue — That we may speak aright. 
VII. Swift Feet — That we may say, "Send me." 

Third.— YOUR FORCES. 

All you need for lifting the cross that men may see it and 
live are bound up in the following mighty agencies: 

1. Love — This never fails, in life oi- death. 

2. Faith- Of the mustard seed, mountain-moving kind. 

3. Sympathy — Which wins the hardest heart. 

4. Courage — That lifts burdens as the tides lift ships. 

5. Perseverance — That conquers all things. 
G. Tact — Is common sense at work. 

7. Earnestness — Like the zeal of Paul and Wesley. 

To all these let ine add a word about 

P O Vv^ E R . 

This the soul-winner must have, not only power with God, 
but with men. We had better limp like Jacob with power, 
than to walk straight and not have it. It comes from above. 
It is the gift of God. When endued with it there is a holy 
enthusiasm that fills the soul. Wisdom and knowledge fills 
the brain. There is no such word as fail to the man thus 
baptized with the Holy Ghost . 

HOW TO GET IT. 

First, the heart must be right, for the Lord will not hear 
us if we regard iniquity. Next, there must be a great desire 



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for it, which desire must have for its object the salvation of 
souls ami the glory of God. 

Then, there must be prayer — contmiied prayer — prevailing 
prayer — believing prayer — a wrestling as in olden days. To 
the one who thus comes and waits in faith there will be given 
power from on high, and thousands of souls will be saved. 

Oh, reader, above all other blessings seek this — tarry in 
your closet till you are '^ Filled with the Spirit." 

POWER OF THE WORD. 

God's Word, not our word, for the sv/ord of the Spirit is the 
word of God. Soul-winning work will neither be effective or 
lasting if there is not a great plenty of the Law and the 
Prophets and the Gospels. If wisely aimed there are few who 
can stand many shots direct from the word of God given by 
those whose souls ai'e ablaze with desire for their salvation. 
Potir in upon the individual, the Sunday-school class, or the 
small gatheiing, or the big assembly the mighty truths of the 
Bible, and as sm-e as harvest follows seed-sowing, so sure will 
this work win men to love and serve our Lord. 

THE RESULT. 

Such workers cannot help but sticceed. Those they meet in 
the City of Destruction or find in the pits of death. >/*>7/ 
respond to " the tug of a mighty soul." 

Give tis a single htmdred, fully won men, whose aim and 
object and purpose is nothing else but to spend and be spent 
in sa\ing souls, and before a decade has passed every hill-top 
and vnlley of all lands will blaze with the electric liffht of 



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God's presence, and niillions of men, redeemed by the blood 
of the Lamb, having been won through revivals thus kindled, 
will make the very "mountains and hills break forth before 
you into singing." 

Oh for a company of full-of-faith, dead-in-earnest, thor- 
oughly-awake, constantly-alive, always-at-it, never-give-up, 
sure-to-win men, that will now determine to seek the closet 
of prayer and once and forever give themselves to God for 
this work. Then secular means will be sanctified to a pur- 
pose. Then the iron grip of the will, fixed on "this one 
thing I do," will, under God, mould, twist and turn various 
methods, means and opportunities into one channel. Then 
the worker will create plans lor winning men and the keen 
sight of his soul tell him how they are to be used. 



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Xow we come to the practical part of soul saving. May 
the Spirit of wisdom be ours to help as we think of the un- 
saved. 

First. — Where to Find Them. 

Second. — Row to Reach Them. 

TmnD.— What to Tell Them. 

Wliere to Find TOe/??.— Everywhere, by our side, in the 
home, in the school and shop and mill, behind the counter 
where we stand, on the street where we walk, in the pew 
where we worship, in the service where we sing, in the prayer 
meeting and inquiry room, at the altar, kneeling with us at 
family devotions, yes, everywhere. Oh, reader, whichever 
way your eye shall turn there stand the lost ones whom Jesus 



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came to save. Find them quick, quick tor eternity is draw- 
in"^ nigh. 

Hoic to Readi The?}}.— Just here ask G-od to be your guide, 
for there is an open window to every soul. In many instance- 
they await your coming, for they have no peace, as God says 
there is none for the wicked. Go to them as you think Jesus 
would have gone. Take His manner, choose His words. Go, 
and delay not. Here is where courage plays so great a part. 
Fear not, God will help you. Be not faithless. Let me 
name some of Satan's forces to defeat you at this point : 

Timiditii, Distrust, False Pride, and Fear of Giving 
Offence, 

Many souls perish because of these. Do they hinder you? 
Ask for grace and let God sink all these with your other sins 
into the depths of the sea. 

What to tell Them, — Everybody likes to hear good news. 
Tell them that, for the Gospel means nothing less. Who 
ever ran away from glad tidings or messages of great joy? 
Verily, verily, 1 say unto you, tell them of Jesus and how He 
died to redeem their souls. Let your message be the good 
news that the Son of Man is come to seek and to save that 
which is lost. This is as our Master would have it, for His 
last command was for His disciples to "Go into all the world 
and preach the Gospel to every creature ; he that believeth 
and is baptized shall be saA^ed, he that belie v^eth not shall be 
damned." Tell them the whole Gospel: "To wit, that God 
was in Christ reconcihng the world unto Himself, not imput- 
ing their trespasses unto them ; and hath committed unto us 
the word of reconciliation as though God did beseech you by 
us; we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.'' 



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IMPORTANT FACTS. 

Your own mind and heart must fully grasp the following 
facts, all of which are clearly taught in the Bible : 

That outside of Christ there is no salvation. 

That all liave sinned and come short of the glory of God, 

That God commands men at all times and everywhere to 
repent and turn unto Ilim. 

That the Holy Ghost con\dnces the world of sin. 

That To- Day is the day of salvation. 

That none ever come unto Christ and are cast out. 

That none can enter the kingdom of heaven unless horn 
iqain of the Holy Spirit by the word of God. 

That sa^ang faith is when the heart clings to the object of 
its trust — Christ. 

That faith and not feelmg is the condition of salvation. 

That repentance means turning from sin and making resti- 
tution when necessary. 

That the blood of Christ makes atonement and not gc-od 
works. 

That he that believeth is not condemned, but he that be- 
lievelh not is condemned already. 

That it is faith in Christ, not in a creed that saves. 

That assurance of salvation is by God's word and His spirit 
and tlie fruit thereof. 

That obedience and blessing always go together. 

That the Bible is man's only guide for rule and practice. 

That we are hastening to the judgment day when the re- 
leemed shall pass to their eternal reward, and the impenitent 
to their eternal punishment. 

That there is no escape from death and no salvation in hell. 



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'' That all who repent of their sins and believe in the Lord 
Jesus Christ receive the for^^iveness of sin, which is Jusfijica- 
tion. And that all who receive the forgiveness of sin are im- 
mediately made by the Si3irit new creatures in Christ Jesus, 
which is Regeneration. That all who are thus born again 
are called the children of God, which is Adoption, and all 
who are adopted may have the witness of the Holy Spirit* 
That all who truly and earnestly desire and seek it, may 
love Grod mth all their heart and soul and mind and strength, 
and their neighbors as themselves, which is SanctificationJ^ 

SEED THAT BEARS 

AN HUNDRED FOLD. 

Many you meet mil be wayside hearers, some seed will 
fall on stony ground and some amongst the thorns, but there 
are farms at your door with thousands of acres, all of which 
is fallow and ready, both for seed and sickle. While we must 
not miss the blessings that come from sowing beside all 
waters, yet lift up your eyes and see the Children, nearly all 
of whom may easily be led to Jesus, whose blessing ever waits 
for them. I firmly believe in the conversion of children. 

Look again. See the young men and women, thousands of 
thein, whose characters are just forming. Tell them to build 
upon the rock and not upon the sand. Christ Jesus is the 
only sure foundation. 

Again, look out. See the sick and dying, the sore distressed 
and destitute : these watch for your coming as the watch man 
waits for the morning. They will not turn you away. To 



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the sick speak of the Great Physician and the balm He brings 
for wounded hearts. To the dying liold up tlie cross, above 
which is heaven with its rest and reward. The sore distressed 
need Him whose name is Wonderful, Counsellor, the Mighty 
God, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace. The desti- 
tute—with a loaf of bread you can tell of the Manna that came 
from God. With a basket, full from your own store, you cau 
speak of Him whose blessings and mercies fail not. A bit of 
silver will give a merry ring to the message as you speak of 
golden promises, never broken to those who trust. 

Take a last look, and sweep the horizon from "Greenland's 
icy mountains to India's coral strand," millions in darkness^ 
groping for the Light. Japan, India, Africa, Syria and the 
islands of the sea call for you or the message you may send* 
Your prayei*s and your gold may save them. Give both freely. 

HELPFUL SUGGESTIONS 

IN DEALING WITH INQUIKERS. 

Be perfectly natural and courteous in vour approach, and 
when talking with them. 

Have your own Bible so marked that you can find the pas- 
sages given elsewhere for different classes; also try and be 
nble to quote them correctly, giving chapter and verse. 

It is always best to deal with the inquirers alone. 

Before giving the word of God ascertam the condition of 
mind that you may rightly divide the word of truth unto them. 

Pray inwardly and depend wholly upon the Holy Spirit to 
guide both worker and seeker. Expect and work for imme- 
diate results. Show that you are in dead earnest, but avoid 
' xcitement. 



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Explain all objections by the word of God, but do not 
enter into argument. It only does harm. 

Avoid giving your cwn experience, as this may lead them 
to expect conversion in like manner as yours, which is not 
likely to be the case. 

If your work is in the revival service or inquiry room, or 
at the altar or anxious seat, so far as you can, select persons 
of your own sex and age, and talk with them. 

Offer Christ as the immediate remedy for every shade ot 
want or doubt or sin. 

After having done your best, and there seems to be no result, 
leave, prayerfully, the sinner and the seed you have sown to 
God, the judge of all. 

It is good to have just a word of prayer (very informal) 
before your conversation, and always after. 

When the sinner has found Christ, let the fact be douhly 
assured to both mind and heart by Isaiah xii: 1 and 2. 

You can often lead a seeking heart into the kingdom, as 
they pray with you. 

Urge an immediate confession of their conversion, both at 
home and to the pastor or church with w^hich they will unite 
at the next communion. 

Take the full name and address with their church aflQlia- 
tions and hand to the leader of the meeting or pastor of the 
chuich. 

When parting with them give a promise of prayer and then 
three passages from the word of God, which they should find 
and mark in their Bible and make constant use of: I Corin- 
thians X : 13 : II Corinthians ix : 8 ; Isaiah xli : 10. 



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WORK EVERYONE CAN DO. 

In\ite the unsaved to service. 

Pray for them in private. 

Speak of the Special Meetings. 

Interest them in religious matters. 

Oive them a timely tract. 

Quote to them a beautiful promise. 

Write them a letter about salvation. 

Introduce them to some one who will speak of Jesus. 

Ask them to rise or lift their hand for prayer. 

Go with them to the inquiry room, altar or anxious seat. 

Ask them to your home and pray with them there. 

Use your voice both in testimony and song for Jesus. 

Help make every meeting you attend a good one by some 
part you can take. 

In public, always be brief both in prayer or remarks. 

Watch for those who manifest a desire for salvation, and 
lead them yourself to Jesus or to some one else who will. 

Have the mind and spirit of Christ with His words dwelling 
in you richly, and ever be ready to answer the Spirit's call. 
Be true to your own conscience. 



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BIBLE TRUTH 

FOR SPECIAL CLASSES. 

A feiv well chosen passages are much better than many. 
For those who anxiously ask 

WHAT MUST I DO TO BE SAVED ? 

John iii: 16; x: 9, with John iii: 36 and v: 24. If others 
are needed, have ready Ephesians i: 7; Isaiah liii: 6; Romans 
x: 9. 10; John i: 12, 29. 

For THE BACKSLIDER, 

And, alas, there are too many, but God in his infinite mercy 
has gracious words for them. Search the prophecy of Jere- 
miah for the words to this class, especially mark chapter ii : 
19 and iii: 13, 14: also Hosea xiv: 4 with Isaiah i: 16, 17, 18. 

For the '' GOOD ENOUGHS." 

For there are many who feel no need of a Saviour, or say 
they feel no need. These must be shown their lost condition 
and sinfulness before God. The fourteenth Psalm is most 
helpful with the following passages: Romans iii: 10, 23; I 
John i: 10; Isaiah liii: 6. If you want others take Eccle- 
siastes vii: 20; Psalms cxliii: 2. 



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For the '' CAN'T HOLD OUT'S." 

Oh, how people stumble at this, just as though if Christ 
«an save but cannot keep. It is ours tohold on, not hold out, 
Wliy will they climb mountains before they reach them, 
or cross ditches before they are even in sight. Is the God of 
Daniel dead ? Has the "Mighty to Save" and "strong to 
deliver " been shorn of His strength ? Nay, nay. He is yet 
able to make Hebrews vii: ?5 true, and the one hundred and 
twenty-first Psalm a verity to millions. Give them the fol- 
lowing: Jude 24: John x: 28, 29; Komans viii: 38, 39; 
Deuteronomy xxxi: 6: and Isaiah xli : 10: xliii: 1, 2. 

For the '' NOT NOWS." 

Sad indeed is it to see men and women live on in open 
rebellion against God the giver of every good and perfect 
gift, sadder yet to have them say, "Not now," when in 
Christ's stead men beseech them to become reconciled. Awful 
is the thought that possibly He may say: "Thou fool, this 
night thy soul shall be required of thee." Road to them 
Proverbs XX vii : 1; James iv: 13, 14; II Corinthians vi: 2: 
Proverbs xxix: 1; Hebrews iii: 13. 

For the '' I CAN'T GIVE UPS." 

Which means they do)it want to give up. For anybody who 
wants to, can, with the mighty grace of God ever ready to 
help. Let them choose between the sin of earth with attend- 
ing woe in heU, and the cross of Christ with the joys of 
heaven. There is no habit so strong but what the will with the 



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power of God can overcome. There is no sin so full of pleas- 
ure but what is completely swallowed up in the joy and 
peace of Christian service and salvation. Joshua xxiv: 15; 
Mark viii: 36, 37; Luke xiv: 24; Philippians iii: 7, 8. 

For the " I WILL TRYS," 

Try what ? To trust Christ ? Absurd ! Suppose you told your 
wife or mother or friend, you ivould try to trust them. How 
ridicalous. The very words imply doubt or unbelief, which 
is sin. Tell them to change the ^' I will try " to "I will trust,'* 
and have them read Isaiah xxvi : 3, 4 ; John x : 9 ; and Isaiah 
Ixiii: 1. 

For the ^TM AS GOOD AS OTHERS." 

To be sure they are^ may be better, and jQt both may be 
lost. Hypocrites have no part with Christ. Why even stum- 
ble at the inconsistencies of Christians? "Every one of us 
shall give an account of himself to God?" Romans xiv: 13. 
At the day of final reckoning it will not serve any to plead his 
neighbor's faults. He will stand or fall by the light and living 
of his own life. Homans ii: 1; xiv: 3, 4: Matthew Adi: 1-5. 

For the '^I DON'T KNOW HOWS." 

These words might come with truth from Pagan lips, but 
surely not from those who dwell beneath the shadow of God's 
house, or in hearing of the church bells. But tell them the 
simple story of the cross, and slip in their hand the Gospel 
by John, or turn with them to your own Bible and let them 
read John i: 12 and 29; then Revelations xxii: 17; after 
which that matchless promise in Ezekiel xxxvi : 25-28. 



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For the "I'VE TRIED BEFORES." 

Tried and tailed. Whose fault was it that they did not sue- 
..d' Siu-elv not God's, for He says: "Ye shall seek me and 
ind me when ve sliall search lor me with all your heart, and 
1 will be found"of you," Jeremiah xxix: 13, 14. In matters 
of time if we fail once we try again. Shall we do less with 
tho<e interests that concern our welfare throughout eternity? 
Give them Proverbs iii: 5; Deuteronomy iv: 29 with Romans 
iv: 5 and Ephesians ii: 8. 



HOW TO LOVE YOUR BIBLE 

That you may be a wise workman, able to teach others also. 

First by proving its promises. 

Put them to the test. They have stood the weight of centur- 
ies, and supplied the need of generations. Try them, and 
when one has been fulfilled, mark it, and that mucJioi the 
Bible will be precious. Then try another, till you have at 
least sixty-six. one in every book of both Old and New Testa- 
ment. By this time you would not exchange your Bible for 
all other books ever written. 

When you are in need of strength, ta\e Deuteronomy xxxi: 
6. When the enemy comes in like a flood, take Deuteronomy 
xxWii- 7. When you want money, go to Haggai u: 8, and 
Psalms xxxvU: 4 and 5, and it wiU be yours. In the past 



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three years out of these verses we have dug with pick of perse- 
verance and shovel of faith nearly eighty thousand dollars. 
There is enough left for your needs, be they big or little. 
When you seek prosperity, take Joshua i : 8 and 9. For as- 
surance that you are saved, mark John v : 24, and I John v : 
13. For help when tempted, I Corinthians x: 13, never fails, 
tind when many duties call for your attention and you feel 
especially weak, II Corinthians ix: 8, always gives the needed 
grace. When your way is hedged ap and you are blind as to 
duty, Isaiah xlii: 16, is like a rift in the clouds. When in 
great afOliction have them read to you Isaiah xliii: 1 and 2. 
When despondent, read the fourteenth of John and thirty- 
fifth of Isaiah. And thus the Word will become sweeter to 
you than honey in the honey-comb. 

SPECIAL CHAPTERS. 

If you find yourself growing cold and indifferent, read thr 
Duty chapter of the Bible, Ezekiel xxxiii, or the Tonic chapter 
with its beef, wine and iron for the soul, the twenty-seventh 
Psalm. Hebrews iv, is the Rest chapter, while Ephesians iii. 
is the Bottomless chapter. Always give babes in Christ the 
Convert's chapter, twelfth of Isaiah, and weak ones the 
Rock chapter, thirty-second of Deuteronomy. When you 
find a Hypocrite tell him to read the twenty-third of Matthew, 
and one who has faith and no Work, the second of James. 
Luke XV, is the '*Lost" chapter, while Love is the beginning 
and end of I Corinthians xiii. For Wisdom read Proverbs iii. 
For Comfort the sixteenth of John. For Blessings the 
■ twenty-eighth of Deuteronomy. When Character is your 



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theme, tak« Job xxix, while the thirty-eiglith ot the same 
l)ook is Topless. Search for an hundred more as sweet and 
precious, for every chapter has its special theme. Then add 
to your knowledge some of the 

GREAT WORDS 

of the Book, and their full meaning, such as, Salvation, 
Faith, Work, Atonement, Come, Redemption, Blood, Light, 
Grace, Gospel, Peace, Life, Trust, Abiding, Kept, Seek, Re- 
pentance, Cross, Whosoever, Sin, Prayer, Watch, Saved, 
Courage, Truth, Assurance, Endure, Pardon, Obedience, 
Praise, Love, and many others just as full of sweetness and 
j)0\ver. 



LAST WORDS. 

Success will crown the soul-winner who determines he will 
be crowned with nothing else. They win who believe they can. 

Unction from on high will be the secret of all success in 
saving souls. Better try to lift the mountains than work 
without this power. But mountains will be grains of sand 
to him who tarries successfully at Jerusalem for the Holy 
Ghost. 

Common Sense is mightier than an army to turn men from 
sin to Go(L He who has most of this will most successful be. 

Convktiojis founded on the word of God must possess the 
worker's soul. Strong persuasion or belief concerning man's 



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awful condition and the divine remedy for sin mnst con- 
stantly impell the worker on. 

Eai-nestness that tramples under foot hindrances, and 
makes things bend or break, will be to the man whose life 
work is winning men to Christ like the rod in Moses' hand. 

Sivord of the Spirit in consecrated hands, wielded with 
judgment and power, is the weapon of victory. Without it 
the winner of men will be powerless — with it he can break in 
pieces thousands of stony hearts. 

Sympathy and success never part company. The deeper 
the first the higher the last. The more of the one the more 
of the other. Love never fails. 

Mr. Spurgeon speaks of "minister's fainting fits." Well, 
the soul-winner will have them quite as often; blue days 
with no sunshine and plenty of fog. Sj^end these days where 
the fragrance and perfume of the "Rose of Sharon" can reach 
you. Gret beneath no juniper tree when the terrible heat of 
scorching days falls upon you ; rather seek the shade of the 
Rock of Ages. When your case seems going against you, 
then away to your Advocate and Counsellor. He will deliver, 
for 

FAITH 

INSURES THE FINAL VICTORY. 



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